Improved door-check



waited ttm WILLIAM H. JOHNSODLSR., OF CLAYTON, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 96,924, dated November 16, 1869.

.IMPROVED Doon-climax.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the-same.

To all whom it 'may coucerm Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, Sr., of

Clayton, in the county of Hendricks, andState of Indiana, have invented'a new and valuable Improvement in Door-Arresters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and .Operation of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures Of ref erence marked thereon.

Figure 1, of the drawings, is a representation of a front elevation of my invention applied to a door.

Figure? is a bottom view of the escalloped segment.

Figure 3 is a-seotional view, showing Inode of operating the spring-wheel.

v My invention relates to a means for preventing doors,

shutters, 8vo., from slamming; and consists, mainly, in the construction and -novel'arrangement ofdevices,

whereby this object is satisfactorily accomplished.

The letter A, of the drawings, designates an ordinary door.

B is the archit-rave, to which is secured the semicircular segment C, made of w'ood or othersuitable material.

The under surface of the segment O is escalloped,

in such a manner as to form curved recesses, c' c', int'o which the springwvheel D is forced by the action of the spring d', thereby retarding the motion of the door, Or stopping itat any desired point.

The wheel D is pivoted between the jaws of afvertical rod, e', which slides in the recess e, formed in the case E,',which is secured to the door by three screws, o a.' a, and a staple, b.

A shoulder is formed onthe lower end of the rod e, as a bearing, against which the end of the spring d operates.

This device may be fixed at the top or bottom of a door, and is rather ornamental than otherwise.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters lPatent, isi The door-arrester herein described, having escalloped segment C and spring-wheel D, constructed and arranged to Operate substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above,- Il have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two wit- DGSSES.

WM. H. JOHNSON, ASR. Witnesses: M. R. HOPEROOD,

HBZEKIAH JOHNSON. 

